Quad announces critical minerals programme, maritime surveillance plan
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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue on Tuesday announced initiatives to strengthen maritime security, and improve collaboration on critical minerals and emerging technology.
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The Quad grouping, comprising India, the United States, Japan and Australia, launched an initiative to collaborate on maritime surveillance in the Indo-Pacific.
The programme aims to enhance the sharing of information and maritime domain awareness capacities. The initial focus of the initiative will be in the Indian Ocean, including through tabletop exercises, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said.
The announcement was made after the meeting of foreign ministers of the Quad member nations in Delhi on Tuesday.
The four countries also announced the creation of the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative Framework. The programme is meant to help member nations coordinate investments to strengthen the supply chains of critical minerals.
The countries also announced the Quad Initiative on Indo-Pacific Energy Security.
“Each country will leverage unique resources and capabilities from their respective energy sectors,” New Delhi said, adding that the programme is meant to strengthen regional energy resilience through cooperation on technology, policy and emergency response exercises.
The initiative to cooperate on energy security comes amid the war in West Asia having disrupted global fuel supplies. The disruption has led to a spike in the prices of fuel and gas.
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